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Jain, are you buddhist? Because you aren't sounding like one.

Originally Posted by verklingen

the only difference between you and i is that, even though you profess a belief in the equality of all beings, you make a distinction between the death of a plant and the death of an animal. taken to the extreme, your belief would have you eat nothing.

In complete seriousness Verk, I've thought about this myself. And, to be honest, it's not an easy answer for me. I obviously have continued to eat and survive, but there is a large part of me that has an issue with the ouroboros of life. I'm sure there's an answer, but nothing jives with me yet. So at the very least, I'll keep on eating till I find it.

I'm fully open to the concept that vegetarianism is a mistaken view of consumption...IE, life is life and all life needs to consume itself to survive.

But my soul says eating meat is different than eating vegetables. In the abstract, you are right. All life is equal. But there's something about that that just doesn't seem right, and I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest that underneath it all, you agree more than you're suggesting. Then again, what the fuck do I know. I don't even know if I should eat anything or not anymore